a nearby apartment building and that's where they found the girl suffering a gunshot wound to her chest. she was rushed to a hospital. her condition is not released. police detained a group of male teenagers. police gang force investigators say no arrests have been made yet. anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call san francisco police or tex information to tip 411. >> police in oslo have filed preliminary charges of terrorism against the prime suspect in yesterday's bombing and shooting spree. the death toll stands at 91 in what police industry as a homegrown terror attack. anders behring breivik is cooperating with investigators, who are asking him why. abc7's dan ashley reports. >> the explosions shattered the city. >> i heard a big -- they arrived. they fired. people were in the street injured.

>> the streets carpeted with broken glass. windows blown out. smoke rising from the center of town. >> you could actually smell the burning from the glass. >> it looked like a war zone. there was people running around with blood from the head. it was kind of panic. >> bystanders raced to help the injured. worst hit, a government building, home to the prime minister. luckily he was not there. also damaged the headquarters of a tabloid newspaper, as well as smaller buildings here by. inside those buildings, the dead. and those too badly wounded to get out. rescue efforts last into the night. while everyone else in oslo was warned to stay away from the downtown area. then two hours later, on an island less than an hour away from the capital, a nightmare of a different kind. a man described as tall and blonde, who police linked to the earlier bombings, opened fire on a camp for teenagers learning about politics.

the begin man was dressed as a police officers and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon. people fled, jumping into the water trying to swim away. when it was over dozens of bodies were strewn along the shoreline, some noting in the water. dan ashley, abc7 news. >> the prime minister is visiting the camp today. the suspect had anti-muslim views. they are looking into the possibility of a second shooter. many survivors have life-threatening wounds. it's the world's deadliest tear or attack sense 191 people died in the 2004 madrid train comings. 14 residents after walnut creek apartment building are in temporary housing units at their apartments burned to the ground last night. investigators are now saying it was extental. it happened in the ross more retirement home. it could have been far worse if not for the quick action of one man. we report from the scene.

>> a lady was up in the unit up here yelling, oh, my god, help. oh, my god, help. >> he was visiting his aunt when he heard the screams. this was video of the fire as it raced lou the buildings. he helped evacuate the residents with the help of a passerby, starting with the screaming woman before taking the video. >> we managed to get her out of house and went in with fire extinguishers to get it out. it spread too much. it was spread into the walls and made the determination we need to go in the back. >> this is hd video showing fire as it consumed the apartment building. down below caldwell said with thick smoke blinding him and three others who came to help, they went door to door. >> we banged on the doors and windows and maid several different passes. >> one woman needed a

wheelchair. >> we were able to get her into her wheelchair and picked it up and kind of airlifted her out, carried her up the a stairs and over the gravel and were able to get her out. >> everything got out without injury. she is a neighbor. >> we saw the flames coming out quite high over the trees. we came down here and there were old people wandering around in their underwear barefoot just look completely lost. >> thirteen residents have been displaced. at this point we have no reports of injuries to fire personnel or to residents. >> all 13 were helped into the vans and taken to a red cross shelter nearby. fire investigators have determined the fire began in the apartment of the woman that johnathan caldwell first heard screaming for help. they are ruling the fire an accident. in walnut creek, abc7 news. two men are expected to be arraigned on monday on felony charges related to the march 31st breath of giants -- beating a giants fan brian stow at dodger stadium. the original suspect police say

now was not involved. we explain how police found the new suspects. >> the process worked. one individual has been exonerated. two others have charges filed against them. >> los angeles city leaders patted themselves on the back while admitting they made a mistake. their original suspect, geovany ramirez, is in the clear. tie new suspects, loury and marvin, are now charged with brian stow's savage beating. >> what the investigation speaks to is we do right thing, even when it's the hard thing, even when it's difficult. >> police came to this neighborhood and arrested sanchez. a few doors down they found sanchez's sister, doreen and marvin norwood. >> now they got lou and i i feel like it's the second time they are wrong. >> investigators insist not this time. they believe louie sanchez, who has tattoos on his neck, and norwood, beat stow outside dodger stadium in mark. -- in march.

both men have sentence of criminal pasts, which include prior arrests for violence. but enrique ramirez was never charged with the attack but yet he remains in custody for a parole violation. >> i'm hoping it is the correct people. it's playing an lot of people's emotions. we want to have that released, that they are caught. storms's friends and family remain cautiously optimistic about the arrest and instead choose to focus on the 42-year-old's progress. at the hospital he tried communicating with a nurse. >> she said good morning, brian, and he was wide awake and he said good morning. she wasn't believing what she saw so she had another nurse come in and he was responding. >> to give you more insight into the injuries, these are the charges documents. they are accused of cutting his tongue and disfiguring his face. both men are charged with assault and mayhem. bail is set at half a million dollars.

in san jose, lisa, abc7 news. >> police think they have the gun that was fired at the place -- police in a foot chase in the bay view district last week. a huge controversy here. police say it's the gun seen in the amateur video and it was taken from the scene. they have offered a $1,000 reward for his recovery. they also offered a theory as to how the suspect, a 19-year-old out of seattle, managed to shoot himself in the head during the gun battle. >> apparently the officer shot, hit the suspect in the leg. so imagine, if you would, an instant hamstring pain pull would cause the person to lurch and the gun entered the right side of the neck and lodged behind the cheek. >> police say they don't know if harding shot himself by accident or on purpose but the type of bullet that killed harding was .380 caliber which police say could not have come from a police-issued weapon.

>> this young the youngest son of arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver remains in the hospital after a boogie boarding accident. >> what is the emergency? >> like a boog by board accident and can't move off the beach. maybe broken ribs or something like that. >> as far as you know is he awake and breathing. >> he's awake and breathing. he can't move. he's having trouble breathing. >> shriver and schwarzenegger issued a joint statement saying while it's been a very scary week, christopher is surround by family and friends and he's a brave boy and is expected to make a full recovery. the police have recovered a stolen ten foot tall putet of

gandhi. it was reported stolen wednesday. torso dressed in a white robe was on the roof. a woman spotted it inside a parked car near her home and notified police. it appears the chief only stole personal checks from the car, but the gandhi putet was intact. owner is excited. he's a traveling peace activist and a schoolteacher who exhibits it at parades and peace rally the. coming up next, gays in the military. a struggle that's gone on for nearly two decades finally coming to an end. and what caused nearly two dozen people to get stuck on a disney

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> president obama has ended the ban on gays serving openly in the military. he signed the repeal of the don't ask don't tell policy. he said military effectiveness will not be affected by overturning the ban. the decision was the end of a nearly two decade old struggle for a commander with a legal battle to stay in the service after coming out after 19 the 3. >> it's a historic day for me personally as well as the country. this is the last hurdle in the series of many hurdles we've had to go through over the last 17 years to repeal don't ask don't tell. now we have to wait 60 days. >> sixty days is right. the appeal will officially go

into effect on september 20th. they will use the next two months to iron out legal and technical details like housing and benefits. a 21-year-old man who was found stuck headfirst in a storm drain aid he was not drunk. he claimed he got stuck early thursday morning while trying to grab his cellphone that was dropped down a manhole by gang members after they robbed him. then he got stuck. he spent about 40 minutes in there yelling for help before anyone noticed there were two legs sticking out of a storm drain. eventually four firefighters pulled him out of there. police say he had been drinking but was not impaired. >> a disney roller coaster is expect today reopen today after temporarily stranding two dozen riders last night. 24 people had to be rescued after a backpack fell on the tracks. it came to an automatic stop

when the backpack hit the tracks. no injuries there. abc7 is owned by disney. we wanted to give you two stories of different people, different parts of the state, being stuck. a bunch of people the disneyland, and the guy in the gutter, i don't know. whatever. there's a funny picture of his legs sticking out. it was a good day to be stuck, though. >> we didn't get the cooling inland but today is more generous. we will have minor ups and downs the next several days. but so far kind of typical with the bay area with low clouds and numbers in the 50s in san francisco. i'll detail the rest of the bay area and the rest of the weekend next. >> all right. also next a lot of yapping in the bleachers between fans and milwaukee outfielder nyjer morgan. what was that? larry beil has that and the giants highlights coming up in this morning's sports. ♪

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it is engulfed in clouds. but you move up more than 2,000 feet high from the cam and look down on the layer of clouds, and it is absolutely beautiful, if i do say so myself. i want to thank the director, jerry, for giving me a tour. >> i have to agree. just gorgeous. >> yes. >> nothing like it coming in from the east bay and it's hot and you get the nice cool breeze. that will spread further inland today so we are looking at the clouds this morning from the peak. there you go. another one. so we are look at some fairly tip example summertime weather for the bay area, although not as warm as you might expect or like it for the inland valleys. hang on, throughout the next work week we will get into warmer weather but it will be toward then of the work week. good morning, half moon bay. 55 with mid-50s in napa and 56 fremont. the low clouds and fog this

morning, generous around san francisco and oakland. not quite reaching into the inland valleys. but we are looking at some clear sky out toward the delta and also the south bay. but with that onshore flow we will see numbers come down a little bit today. then we will look for a ridge to briefly pump up the temperatures tomorrow. really there will be changes day-to-day until we get out beyond five days. then it looks like we are going to get a piece of that warmth for much of the country. here's an area of low pressure. of course, you know the story with that. it allows for a stronger sea breeze and the low clouds and fog across the bay area. today we will see that. this low is departing on top of the rockies there, and that will allow for us to be in between those lows. as a result, we will look for some sunshine today, a pleasant afternoon, 70s and 80s. not too hot out there. if you are headed to the coast we have mist and drizzle this morning. it probably will not clear along

the san mateo coast and even to the north around point ray. kind of gusty out there. in terms. the high temperatures today, into the 90s in the southern sierra. it's been steady warming up in the northern sierra. 83 there. 96 sacramento with 107 in palm springs. back home it's a nice sunny afternoon. 79 campbell and 73 sunyvale. temperatures coming in a little bit below average today but still a beautiful afternoon from palo alto and mountain view, 73 there. san francisco, it's been about the same day after day with numbers in the low 60s. kind of gray out there. but you head north and we will see more sunshine, more mild afternoon highs with 78 in novato and 80 calistoga. cool for berkeley and oakland today. 71 union city. low to mid-80s for danville and walt nut creek, 86 mont day.

and 67 at the boardwalk. here's the seven-day forecast. yes, it has been below average. it will continue that way, especially in the early part, and then as we get beyond that we will see more easterly wind cutting off the sea breeze and we should warm up. >> it might be a good day to climb a mountain. get on top and look out. >> let's do it. >> thanks a lot, lisa. dan joins us to tell because is coming up next on "good morning america." good morning. >> coming up on gma, it's an extremely unlikely place for a mass he have terror attack. the tiny, peace-loving nation of norway. this morning the death toll increased dramatically. many of the victim are very young. we will be live from norway this morning. then much more on the epic heat wave that will not quit. it's a heat dome.

it's hovering across cities in the east, including new york and suffocating people with triple digit temperatures. we are asking when will it end. and also arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver dealing with a son who was critically injured in a surfboarding accident. how is the family holding up at this point? the soldier they are calling a hero not for actions on the battlefield but what he did here after he witness add bus accident on a highway in new york. eats come up on gma. hope to see you next. >> let me ask you this, how are you dealing with it, the heat wave? we have heard about it from the midwest and now in the east coast. give me an example of what changed in your life because of the heat factor. >> let me make an admission. all day yesterday, the entire day, i did not leave my apartment once. not once.

i barely even looked out the window. >> with the big saturday night coming up, are you going to do the same thing? >> probably. >> dan, thank you very much for the complacent's man way of dealing with the heat wave. thanks a lot. >> see ya later. >> in sports the giants will be sending ryan vogelsong to the mound against the milwaukee brewers at at&t park trying to even the series in what could be a playoff preview. last night the giants beat them 4-2. here's larry beil with the highlights. >> good morning, everybody. the first place giants welcomed another first place team, central-leading milwaukee to town. the challenge for the giants, as it it is always these days, scratch out runs against shaun marcum. the newest giant, jeff keppinger, make his first start. and johnathan lucroy, base hit, one run in. cody ross, a missile home. eli whiteside can't handle it. yuniesky betancourt in and the brews are up 3-1.

the third, crawford deep in the hole to get former a mark kotsay. and aaron rowand gets all of it. a solo jack. giants down 4-2. the guy in the jacket who is ecstatic and, oh, all that food. sorry, dude. oops. my bad. the crowd was really into this game, yelling at center fielder nyjer morgan, who runs down this ball, and then taunting the crowd. a little hook'em horns gesture. still yapping. brewers win it, 4-2. a's in new york where there's still lots of love for the former yankee hideki matsui. in support of cahill early. a's up 2-0 in the second. things went terribly wrong after that. former athletic nick swisher, three-run bomb. he had five rbis. yanks with five runs in the second and nine more in the third. a grand slam. mark teixeira, ten earned runs in just two innings for cahill.

shortest oust of course his career. the yankees beat the a's for the 11th straight time, 17-7. no news, not necessarily bad news on the nfl labor front. there was hope they might vote on the new collective bargaining agreement yesterday. that did not happen. many of the key physician in the negotiations, conversations, was the funeral of the wife of bob craft. they said they would not make labor announcements out of respect for the crafts on friday. they will maybe vote on monday. 49ers play are rep told espn, the owner's final proposal included some things that were never discussed before. >> when you are going through a deal like we are going through right now, you can't give us a timeline to agree on something that never was even talked about. so that's why you see the twitter for guys that going off mad, and rightfully so because you see it like your intelligence is insulted.

we are going to take our time and do the right thing to make sure we educate the rest of the players before a decision is made. >> the senior open. this is right on the money. hits the flagstick. birdies the hold and he's 7 under. part of a three-way tie atop the leaderboard heading into the weekend. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike shumann will be here with the highlights at five, six and seven. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> and next at 6:30. debt talks breakdown in washington. with the deadline fast approaching, can they be put back together today? and deep discounts on dining and shopping. how one local city is trying to

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congressional leaders back to the white house this morning for emergency debt limit talks after yesterday's session came to an abrupt halt. house speaker john boehner stormed out of the white house claim not enough is being done to cut entitlement programs such as medicare, medicaid and social security. the republican also refers to the president's plan to eliminate tax loopholes and deductions as tax increases. there was discussion as to exactly what that means. the weekly address once again calls for a bipartisan agreement

to raise the debt limit. >> we need cuts to programs, cuts i wouldn't make under normal circumstances, and we need cuts to ask everybody to do their part. first, they insisted on raising taxes. but secondly, they refused to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. >> those new talks are supposed to resume in about 90 minutes from right now and the talks is ticking down to an august 2nd deadline when the government will default on its debt payments. >> on monday the milbrae school board will decide whether to put a second measure before the board. they already approved measure bonding measure, x in 2008 to repair rest rooms, upgrade fire alarms and require access improvements for the disabled. those are wrapping up.

the district is considering putting a second $30 million bond measure before district voters in november. this would renovate classrooms and renovate a cafeteria and improve electrical systems. it will raise property taxes for $95 a parcel and need 65% approval of voters to pass. >> shops and restaurant? concord are trying something new to keep their customers from going out of town. they are enticing them with deep discounts with savings up to 90% for those who shop close to home. laura anthony has more. >> the city of concord has cooked up a new way to bring local customers in the door. it's a website called try it local. the idea, deep discounts to customer who buy prepaid vouchers online for everything from the meal to merchandise from area retail stores. >> these are offers for certain length of time.

try it local offers are for 48 hours and after that thyme then everyone who buys the deal will get an e-mail with a coupon. >> that's where the future is now. >> the owner of this store, his offering, $30 of food with the purchase of a $15 voucher. >> we track all our advertisement and we will see the return on how we do. i tell you, if it's one extra person, that's a success. >> each deal is available for purchase for two days. once that period ends, the customers who purchased the voucher can download it >> there's lots of different marketing type coupons out there, living social, groupon and many have more than one location. oh only have the one location. we are pretty centralized here. so we thought we would give it a

try. >> it will feature one more deal every monday. the chamber of commerce is marketing it on social networking sites like facebook and twitter. a direct link can also be found on our website, abc7news.com. in concord, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> for people taking advantage of such deals, eating out tonight, in concord i think it's going to be warm. just a guess. >> you are right. typically the warm summer nights prevail out there. here closer to the bay in emeryville, with the low cloudiness even it's a great start with numbers in the 50s. i will tell you about the cooler and warmer weather in the 7 day outlook next. >> and the redevelopment of an aging train station that could

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through years ago. donations have helped create the centennial wall to honor more than 350 notable immigrants. angel island state park has been spared the budget act and will be remaining open. not all parks will be. it will lose it's seasonal help through cuts so there's donations for help to hire. it will be hear about this morning after 11:00. a windy day in angel island? >> a also. comfortable in the afternoon for parts of san francisco. overall we are still saying on the cool side throughout the bay area. in fact today even a little further cooling. here's a live look looking at mount diablo where we are enjoying again the nice sea breeze making its way all the way through the delta. yesterday most the bay area felt

the cooling except in antioch and vacaville. this morning pretty much in the mid-and upper 50s. the southwest wind is blowing so we aren't looking at any temperatures rising in the next 24 hours. in fact with the low clouds this morning and the sea breeze this afternoon, the cooling continues just on the order after couple trees today. tomorrow the other direction. so much of the work week we will see the minor ups and downs and by then of the work week more significant changes in terms of the warmth that's been encompassing much of the nation. a piece of that will head over into our neck of the woods. travis have allowed the low clouds to stay put and afternoon sea breeze. another one on cue here we are looking at further cooling today but we aren't looking at the dusty winds. we are look at the typical spread on the north coast all the way down to the san ma take yeah coast and even santa cruz.

with the sea breeze up to 20 miles an hour. numbers in the 50s to 60s today. a few 80s continue but most in the valley are higher. 79 los angeles. fur headed to the mountain, low 90s for the southern sierra with 83 for tahoe. back home, 70s, 80s here. 82 on the peninsula. we have the 60 here's with the clouds half moon day, 72. and milbrae 56 this afternoon. the daly city downtown today, be he low the average and that will be the trend for the next several days. you head north and it's mild. napa, just 76 there. east bay, near 60s in oakland. heading en land, temperatures here very comfortable. pleasanton you should be warmer than 80.

that should do it. morgan hill 83. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. cooler today. tomorrow we should pump up the numbers inland and cooler than average through the middle of the week and average the numbers higher to around normal the end of the work week. west oakland was once a thriving neighborhood of middle class families. today it's better known for high crime and shuttered homes. but there are signs of new home in oakland. a lot of people are looking to an old train station to breathe new life into that community. >> when the southern pacific train station opened in 1912 on 16th street, it was a bustling and grand gateway to the west. today it is a relic of a bygone era. it was a important place in most lives. >> it was the end of the transcontinental railroad, the artery that linked the east coast with the west.

trains would arrive on the lower level and passengers walked upstairs to waiting trolleys that took them into san francisco or the east bay. >> you had the great migration from the south into this area, but you also had the japanese internees coming back through that station and eastern europeans. >> amtrak used it until it was damaged in the 1989 earthquake. we are a couple blocks away from where the cypress freeway collapsed. but when they had to build it somewhere else, that meant uselessness for this station. now there's hope it will be a new inspiration for a landmark. and a new neighborhood. >> because it's a city landmark and listed on the historic register of historic places, we were finding situation to use the magnificent buildings. >> when the property was for sale the community asked me to

really be sensitive to potential developers who would make that building be a community resource in the long-term. >> the station and the land around it was purchased in 2005 by a housing developer. the organization has promised to make the old station the center piece of a neighborhood of more than 1200 homes it plans to build. >> i think that when they saw it it was an opportunity to preserve an asset for the community. you know, it's been a while in the making but i think we are ready to move to the next step. >> that next step includes coming up with potential uses for the station and for the grounds. thanks to a hollywood makeover, people will be once again allowed into parts of the building for limited use. hbo used the site for filming of an earnest hemingway biopick. and the restoration improvement for improving the 16th street station or rail is mindful of the past, but keeping an eye on the future. >> from this point going forward, i'm just hoping that the same sort of rhythm that you hear from trains, the same sort

of buzz, that same sort of energy that you get when you go to a really active transit center that's correct that energy will be the kind of energy we will have here. >> in oakland," cecilia vaga, abc7 news. >> next week they will open their doors to ideas that they hope will shape the future of the project. find out about that at abc7news.com under "see it on tv." don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> the water department is replacing meters at all homes in san francisco and it could damage your plumbing. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side is coming up.

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>> the time is 6:46 on this saturday morning. you are looking at a live picture of the golden gate bridge. not a lot of people up and about yet, but you can notice we've got some overcast on the golden gate bridge. i can tell you the very same thing at the san francisco oakland bay bridge. we move up to the top of the mount taken and you tack look down on what's causing the overcast. looking down it's so much more beautiful than looking up at it, don't you think? and also a look at mount diablo and and the sun on the clouds. gorgeous up there. is it going to be gorgeous down

here? of course it is. lisa has the answer coming up. coming up in a few minutes. what if a public works project caused damage to your home and then you were told you had to pay for it. that's happening in san francisco. the city is replacing water meters at each and every home in san francisco and ice caused damage to plumbing that homeowners may have to pay for. here's 7 on your side's michael finney with more. >> this 77-year-old woman, helen, had no idea there was any problem in her san francisco home until out of the blue a knock at the door. >> they came to say they had broken the pipe and i would have to get a plumber out. >> unbeknownst to her a city contractor just installed a new water meter for her house, and it caused her water pipe to burst. they said she had no running water, she would have to call a plumber and she would have to get it fixed and pay for it herself. everyone couldn't believe it. i had no water. that's what blew my mind. you couldn't wash, you couldn't

do laundry, you couldn't do the dishes, you couldn't do anything. >> helen had to rush to find a plumber and it wasn't cheap. $4,200 to break open the sidewalk, install a new pipe and poor new concrete. >> thank god i had the money. it's not like you can do without water until next month. she filed a claim demanding to be reimbursed. the city rejected it but turned it over to their contractor, bmi meter services. after that the case stalled for weeks and then months. >> i got the idea of calling channel 7. i didn't know who to turn to. >> she did call us and we found out this was much bigger than helen's case. >> this is about a two-year project to update all the water meters in the city. >> the san francisco water department is replacing all 177,000 water meters in the city with these new wireless models. the department admits the installations can cause pipes to

burst. in fact it's happened at 36 homes so far. helen's was one of them. >> what tends to happen is as you set up the water it causes a slight ripple or shock in the system. so in the case of the pipes are a little corroded or very old, that shock could cause the pipe to burst. we've had 36 case where's it happened. >> and the water department said unless the contractor did something wrong, homeowners have to pay for the repairs that's because types tend to burst only if they are in poor condition. >> the homeowner is response i believe for the upkeep of their property. >> they say pipe breaks are relatively rare. so far bsi has installed 52,000 feeters and fewer than 1% resulted in broken pipes. still, there are 125,000 more homes to go and the department concedes some could be damaged. >> and we have to look at every

single case to see whether it's the homeowner's responsibility for the contractor is at fault. >> and joe intends homeowners should not have to foot the bell. >> if many pipes have already burst, who is to say that your home is not next. they should at least give them the option to opt out. >> so far five homeowners, including helen, have filed claims for burst pipes. all were turned over to the contractor. another six claimed the meter work caused other damage such as broken toilets. bsi declined our request to sit down for an interview, saying it is our practice not to comment regarding individual claims. we treat claims seriously and have a well-established process in place to respond to etch and every claim. however after we got involved, helen got another knock on the door. there time with welcome news. >> i got my full payment. i was so happy it was unbelievable.qwa bsi did pay her the full $4,200.

>> bsi would not say whether or not it's paid for damages in other cases. however, we will be following up as the work continues on this project. now if you have a problem with the new meters, let me know about it. go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. and coming up next, a bay area mom who hopes to change thousands of lives in africa with her blog.

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from last night's lottery drawing. nobody picked all six numbers, which doesn't mean you didn't win something, just means you didn't win it all. someone i know looked at an old ticket the other day and there was a jackpot of $10.00 waiting for him. i didn't say it was a big one, $10.00 jackpot. tuesday's night jackpot estimated at $63 million. a bay area mom is about to go on a trip that could change her life, but she's hoping it will change the lives of millions of other women living in africa. abc7's johnathan bloom reports. >> amy graff is getting ready to fly halfway around the world. she will need a jacket, anti-malaria pills, and a

laptop. >> we are going to see africa through the lens of a mom. >> amy is a mom blogger. she writes for several websites and she's one of ten selected by nonprofit one.org to go to kenya and see how moms handle raising kids in a developing nation. >> people are so honest and real and raw. >> for one week she'll follow kenya moms who are trying to raise their children while dealing with the the hardships of hunger and disease. >> i don't think anything can prepare you for seeing a child who hasn't, you know, eaten in a few days or he was suffering from a's or malaria. >> but amy is opening to see the other side, the help that kenya families are getting from u.s. government aid programs. >> we really want to help bring those stories alive and let other people know about the

successes that are going on in africa. >> the goal, organizers say, is to motivate moms to reach out to their lawmakers about protecting the one percent of the federal budget that goes to those programs. >> that's vaccinating your kids against pneumonia and diarrhea. if they have diarrhea here you go to walgreens and buy some pedialite. in kenya, that can be a death sentence for them. >> for amy, she has to spend a week away from her own kids. >> i think it will stick with us for the rest of our lives. >> she'll have to fly for 18 hours. once there she only has six days on the ground. she plans to blog every single one of those days and for weeks after she returns home. in san francisco johnathan bloom, abc7 news. >> we have a link to the blog. abc7.com under "see it on tv." >> how would you like the feel-good story of the week? even if you saw it before it's worth a second look.

it happened in the arizona diamondbacks game against the brewers. a d-back foul and this boy came away with the foul ball. you are not seeing it. it only works if you have the video. he leaves a younger one in tears, but in a great display of empathy, the youngster turned around and gave the ball to the little boy. he was rewarded with an autographed bat and got to throw out the first pitch in last night's game. he held a news conference where the managers usually sits. he held a news conference answering questions from reporters and some were saying should you really be rewarded that much for doing it or should that be kind of expected behavior? >> well, know, it was kind of cool. >> it was very cool. we should all be cool. >> we will. we will, thanks to the low clouds and. >> we are going into weather, folks. we have no time for this. here's weather. >> the low fog and clouds this

morning. definitely cloudy here outside the studios. but even around the eastern valleys we are looking at clouds. so comfortable, below normal today, 63 san francisco, 69 in san mateo, and then a couple degrees warmer tomorrow. look at the friend, monday through wednesday we are cooler than average but then it looks like the sea breeze will back off the end of the work week. >> we will get back to summer. >> we will. >> before summer is over. thanks for joining us. the next newscast at 8:00. stay connected at abc7news.com and have a grererererererererere ♪

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